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What is a Jehovah's Witness?
Jehovah's Witnesses are religious people often identified with their public "house to house" preaching. Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the Bible as the Word of God. They con…sider its 66 books to be inspired and historically accurate. Some 7 million persons strong, they are present in over 236 lands. They have branch offices throughout the world that direct their work and publish the famous biblical journal "The Watchtower" as well as other instructional books. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the earth will remain forever and that all people, living and dead, who will fit in with Jehovah's purpose for a beautified, inhabited earth may live on it forever. Their places of worship, called "Kingdom Halls" are their center for telling the good news in your community. In recent years about 17,000,000 Witnesses and interested people have attended the Memorial of Jesus' death annually. Jehovah's Witnesses spend over 1,000,000,000 hours a year proclaiming the good news, and more than 300,000 new ones are baptized. Literature placements total into the hundreds of millions of copies. Other witnessing is done by conversation with friends and acquaintances, by writing letters or by using the telephone. Others mail literature containing material that they think an acquaintance would be especially interested in. Out of a desire to miss no one, Witnesses go from door to door with the message. Witnesses consider that telling others about the Paradise earth and its blessings is to be done willingly, out of a heart filled with a desire to share this good news. ANSWER The actual name of the organization is The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Members of that group are informally called Jehovah's Witnesses. It is a popular religious group in the United States and throughout the world. Mainline Christian groups consider them controversial in some ways; for example, they do not hold to the divinity of Christ, but consider him to be the same person as Michael the Archangel. ANSWER The above answerer is partly correct. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is legal corporation that is the publishing arm of the organization. There are several legal corporations that Jehovah's Witnesses use in order to be legally recognized in the whatever region or country that we are engaged in activities in. We also believe that Jesus Christ is devine. In fact, He is our saviour, and the only true way to gain life eternal. He gave up his perfect human life as a corresponding ransom (1 Timothy 2:6) for the sinful condition that Adam sold us into, thus balancing the scales of universal justice, providing a way for us to have a way out of imperfection and death. We adopted the Bible-based name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931. At Isaiah 43:10-12, God, whose name is Jehovah (Psalms 83:18), refers to His servants as His witnesses. In 2001, we officially formed the corporation "Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses" which oversees the spiritual aspects of the worldwide congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Simply put we are ones who witness, or bear testimony to Jehovah and his Kingdom. We accept Jesus as our Saviour and recognize him as Jehovah God's only-begotten Son, and the one whom Jehovah has appointed as king of his kingdom, and that he is now ruling in heaven since 1914. We follow the model that Jesus set to preach about God's kingdom and obey the command that he gave to carry on in that preaching work. (Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19,20) All members of the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses are encouraged to share in the witnessing work, but not all who attend meetings of JW's are actually JW's. Only those who are actively doing the witnessing work can rightly be called Jehovah's Witnesses. Add to that, Jesus Christ was the First Witness of his Heavenly Father, Jehovah. Based on Revelation 1:5, the now glorified and heavenly enthroned Christ is and was "the Faithful Witness", "The firstborn from the dead..." Also, being "the Firstborn of all creation.." (Colossians 1:15,16) and "the beginning of His (God) way..." (Proverbs 8:22-30) and the "Word" (John 1:1-3), plus Michael (Daniel 12:1; Jude 9), he would obviously be extremely keen and interested in the actual protection of His Father's good Name and Sovereignty against any and all rebellious slander and opposition from those unwilling to acknowledge JEHOVAH's right to rule, as Creator, be they demon or human. As JW's follow Christ in all he does, as much as humanly possible, we dedicate our lives to Jehovah and answer primarily to Him as Absolute Authority (Acts 4:13-21), the Holy Scriptures as guide and message from God (2 Timothy 3:16,17), and treasure our worldwide Brotherhood.- John 10:14,16 Further, it is our belief that from earliest Christian Congregations down to our day (2008), starting with the 11 faithful Apostles chosen by Jesus himself (Mathias was added later to replace wicked Judas Iscariot), that Jehovah had been choosing certain humans to rule with the Christ in the heavens for the Thousand Year Reign, that complete and limited number being 144,000 men and women from various nations and walks of life, according to the Holy Scriptures. (Matthew 26:26-29; Acts 2:1-4; 10:30-35, 44-48; 11:13-18; 2 Timothy 2:9-12; Revelation 5:9,10; 7:4; 14:1-5) We find these persons are among the Jehovah's Witnesses organization and follow their lead in preaching the good news of the Kingdom. No other organization does this but these JW's. According to the Bible, countless numbers of humans loyal to Jehovah only will be granted everlasting life in perfect health in an earth-wide Paradise. (Psalms. 37:9-11, 29; Revelation 21:3,4) Currently, these who look forward to that future make up the huge bulk of the JW's. Honestly, if anyone wants to learn more about these matters and the Witnesses activities, just contact one them, visit a Kingdom Hall nearest you, or welcome them in for a Bible discussion whenever they preach in your neighborhood. To get the real insight on us, go to the source, not some biased interpreter. Find the facts for yourself with your own eyes and ears and mind firsthand. ANSWER In the Bible, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Moses, Aaron, Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the entire ancient nation of Isreal, the apostles of Christ, all the first christians, and Jesus Christ himself were all Witnesses of Jehovah. (Isaiah 43:10-12; Matthew 28:19,20; John 18:37; Acts 1:8; Hebrews chapter 11 and 12; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14) A "witness" is someone that speaks about something they have seen or know. One of "Jehovah's Witnesses" is someone that speaks about what they have seen or know about the Creator of the universe, whose personal name (as revealed in the bible in Psalms 83 verse 18) is Jehovah. So one of Jehovah's Witnesses is someone that speaks publically about God. The religion of that carries the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" is a christian group that is best known for its public preaching and teaching work. The group currently has about 7 million members that meet regularly for bible study, prayer and worship in buildings known as Kingdom Halls and live and work in the local community. Jehovah's Witnesses are not usually very difficult to find, in fact their motto might be "We'll find YOU". A Jehovah's Witness is someone who "witnesses" or bears testimony about Jehovah. Jehovah is the name given in the Bible of the Father in heaven. (Psalms 83:18-Original King James Version) Jehovah's Witnesses get their name from the Bible. (Isaiah 43:10,11) Jehovah's Witnesses are merely another religion. They don't celebrate any of the holidays. They remain chaste in dating and courtship. They believe that there god is watching them an they are always honest people. They preach door to door. Dressed very modestly. They think that with bible reference Jesus is Gods son, which he is. In my opinion they are very commendable people. What they do is they help you in this life, they are always happy, even if they have cancer, or are 300 pounds. They help you in work, school, and even if its something very personal. Jehovah's Witnesses are an organization directed by Jesus Christ and His father Jehovah God. Jesus died for mankind so that we may have a hope to live forever in an unwicked world filled with peaceful people and no violence. Jehovah's witnesses preach to you so that you may learn about the truth. They only want to save your life to live on earth as a perfect human being. So dont see them as annoying people disrupting you during the day. They have a good purpose for being out and preaching Answer: 1st of all they aren't called the "Jehovahs" that is like calling- and this is only as an example- the people involved in Jerry's Kids, "The jerrys" or "jerrys"... it's just not correct. Jehovah is the name of god... not the group. The name of the religion is Jehovah's witnesses so if you're too lazy to write it out, JW is cool too Answer:"Jehovah's Witnesses see themselves as a worldwide brotherhood that transcends national boundaries and national and ethnic loyalties. They believe that since Christ proclaimed that his kingdom was no part of the world and refused to accept a temporal crown, they too must keep separate from the world and refrain from political involvement." Gene Owens; Nieman Reports, Fall 1997 Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the Bible as the Word of God. They consider its 66 books to be not only divinely inspired but historically accurate. The Witnesses are the only group which uses the NW version of the Bible (it is rejected by Catholic, Old Catholic, Orthodox, Coptic, Anglican and all Protestant churches as being an unsound translation). Witnesses believe: (a) All other religious groups have fallen away from the truth. Only the Witnesses know the truth. (b) God the Father is the only true God. (c) That the Genesis account does not define the six 'days' of creation as being literally only 24 hours long each, but that the Bible's wording allows for the earth to be billions of years old and for each of the successive creative epochs of the earth to be at least thousands of years in length. (d) Jesus is the Father's first creation and inferior to God but superior to the angels. In the words of the NWT translation of John 1 The Word (Jesus) was "a god". (e) Jesus died to save the world. (f) Jesus did not physically rise from the dead, but spiritually. (g) The Holy Spirit is not a person (they reject the Trinity) but God's active force. (h) When a person dies nothing remains, including a soul. The person does, however, remain in the memory of God who will bring that person back to life one day. (i) The Earth will not be destroyed by the sun imploding - as science teaches - but will remain forever and those who fit in with the Heavenly Father's purpose - including those who are not Witnesses - will live on the Earth for all time. (j) Those unworthy to live on the Earth will simply not be brought back to life (there is no Hell). (k) Humanity is in the last days and the final battle between good and evil will happen in the near future, though Witnesses no longer make statements regard a year in which this will occur. (l) There are 144,000 people who are anointed (chosen) by the Heavenly Father to rule from heaven; the anointed know that they are chosen and they are the only ones who receive the bread and wine at the annual commemoration of Christ's death. Only Jehovah's Witnesses are chosen. (m) Such celebrations as birthdays and Christmas are unbiblical. The only memorial the Witnesses have is that of Christ's Last Supper and death. (n) that the Bible forbids sharing blood; thus they do not permit blood transfusions. (o) All human life is sacred and abortion is wrong. (p) Sexual activity (including petting) outside of marriage is sinful. Very simply, a Jehovah's Witness is a Witness of Jehovah God. 1) A 'witness' is someone who knows something, someone who personally witnesses or sees something. 2) A 'witness' is also someone who 'testifies' or verbally 'speaks' about something they know about. Well we know all about Jehovah God, at least all that the Bible reveals about him. Jehovah God is the Creator of the whole Universe and everything in it. Jehovah God sent his son to earth. His son is called Jesus. Jesus died so that mankind could get everlasting life on earth again. These are some of the things we 'witness' about. Most people call themselves 'Christian'. That merely means they are a follower of Christ Jesus. But we are 'more than' Christian. We are not only witnesses of Jesus, we are Witnesses of Jesus' Father. Jesus was a Witness of Jehovah too. Revelation, the last book in the Bible calls Jesus a true and faithful Witness. He witnessed all about his Father who's name is Jehovah. (MORE)
